Alex Meier

Alex represents individuals and companies in employment disputes. Prior to joining Lee Meier, Alex was a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of the leading management-side employment law firms in the United States. Alex's clients looked to him to resolve their most difficult and nuanced employment cases. Alex also maintains an active practice in restrictive covenant and trade secret litigation. 

 

Alex now leverages that experience on behalf of employees and focuses his practice on representing executives and other high-level employees. He knows where and how companies build defenses against employment claims and their playbooks for avoiding the disclosure of unfavorable information, as well as how to leverage pressure points for organizations to maximize value. Alex also maintains a limited practice defending companies in employment claims, which enables him to provide balanced and objective assessments to his clients on both sides of the "v." 

 

Alex is passionate about using technology and generative artificial intelligence to obtain exceptional results for his clients. Alex enjoys leveraging his fluency with forensic tools and complex data sources to discover information other attorneys miss and develop novel support for his clients’ positions.

 

Alex regularly publishes and presents about employment and restrictive covenant issues and is a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group 12 on trade secrets and a member of the drafting committee on forensic issues in trade secret litigation. Alex is a former Fellow for Lawyers for Civil Justice, an organization devoted to improving the civil justice system through procedural reform. He was recognized as an outstanding contributor for his work on proposed revisions to district court local rules. Alex is also a member of the ABA Committee on Non-Competes, as well as a member of the Atlanta Bar Association and National Employment Lawyers Association. 

 

Alex has been recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Labor and Employment Law - Management (2022-2025); Litigation - Intellectual Property (2024-2025); and Litigation - Labor and Employment (2024-2025). 

 

Alex began his legal career as a clerk for the Honorable William C. O’Kelley, United States District Judge, Northern District of Georgia.

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Outside of the office, Alex can usually be found on the golf course with his wife, Alina. She usually wins. 

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Bar Admissions​

• Georgia

• Florida

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Court Admissions​

• US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

• US District Court, Middle District of Florida

• US District Court, Northern District of Florida

• US District Court, Southern District of Florida

• US District Court, Middle District of Georgia

• US District Court, Northern District of Georgia

• US District Court, Southern District of Georgia

• Florida Supreme Court

• Florida District Court of Appeal

• Supreme Court of Georgia

• Georgia Court of Appeals

• Georgia State/Superior Courts

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Publications​

• Author, "Is the NLRB’s New Stance on Restrictive Covenants Mostly Bark With a Little Bite?" (February 27, 2024)

• Author, "SEC Continues to Police Confidentiality Provisions for Theoretical Whistleblower Suppression" (January 24, 2024)

• Co-Author, "Georgia Signals Greater Leeway in Revising Overbroad Non-Competes" (December 13, 2023)

• Co-Author, "We’ve Got a Test Case: The NLRB Files its First Complaint Challenging the Validity of Restrictive Covenants" (September 19, 2023)

• Co-Author, "Georgia Maps Out New Requirement for Employee Non-Solicits" (August 18, 2023)

• Co-Author, "Did the NRLB Preempt Non-Compete Litigation?" (June 5, 2023)

• Co-Author, "Garmon Defense Finds New Relevance As NLRB Stays Active," Law360 (March 24, 2023)

• Co-Author, "President Biden Issues Executive Order Encouraging the FTC to Consider Curtailing the Use of “Unfair” Non-Competes, but Without Providing any Additional Guidance or Details," Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 12, 2021)

• Co-Author, "Biden to Ban Non-Competes?" Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 8, 2021)

• Co-Author, "How the Consolidated Appropriations Act Impacts Unemployment Compensation Benefits," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 31, 2020)

• Author, "Where States Stand on Lost Wage Assistance One Month Later," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (September 10, 2020)

• Author, "DOL and FEMA Issue Guidance on Supplemental Unemployment Benefits," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 17, 2020)

• Co-Author, "What President Trump’s Executive Order Means for Unemployment Compensation Benefits," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 11, 2020)

• Co-Author, "How CARES Affects Unemployment Compensation Benefits," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 13, 2020)

• Co-Author, "Florida Update: Miami-Dade and Orange Counties Enter Stay-at-Home Orders, and Florida Modifies Travel Quarantine Order," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 26, 2020)

• Co-Author, "Florida Enters Air Quarantine Order, Miami Public Gathering Limitations, and Jacksonville Work Order," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 24, 2020)

• Co-Author, "Florida Enacts First Wide-Ranging Shutdown Measures," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 21, 2020)

• Co-Author, "Supreme Court Issues Decision Significantly Expanding the Scope of FOIA’s Confidentiality Exemption," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 16, 2019); Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 10, 2019); Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 2, 2019); Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 2, 2019)

• Co-Author, "Trade Secret Protection and Social Media: A 5-Year Update," Law360 (February 7, 2019)

• Co-Author, "Supreme Court Grants Cert. to Interpret Meaning of 'Confidential' or 'Trade Secret' Under FOIA," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 17, 2019); Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (January 17, 2019)

• Co-Author, "Report on Sedona Conference on Trade Secrets," Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 6, 2018)

• Co-Author, "Are My Customer Lists a Trade Secret?" Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 17, 2017)

• Co-Author, "Seyfarth Attorneys Published in Bloomberg’s White Collar Crime Report," Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 23, 2017)

• Co-Author, "An Endangered Claim Reemerges: The Defend Trade Secrets Act Breathes New Life Into Trade-Secrets-Based RICO Claims," White Collar Crime Report, Bloomberg Law (March 17, 2017)

• Co-Author, "Georgia’s Restrictive Covenants Act Turns Five Years Old: Assessing the Impact of Georgia’s Law Five Years On," Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 12, 2016)

• Author, "Care Facilities Beware: Don’t Let Employee Misconduct Cost You Millions," Lexology, Law Business Research (May 5, 2016)

• Author, "Un-Mixing The Mixed-Motive Standard," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (April 21, 2016)

• Co-Author, "Causation In Federal Remedial Rights And Alternative Pleading," Employment Law Lookout Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 20, 2015)

• Author, "Effective Carve-Outs to Seek Injunctive Relief from the Court in Arbitration Provisions," Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 12, 2015)